It’s another cold January night, which means time for more comfort food for your ears in the form of familiar and loved characters.  Trixie Dixon and Jack Justice are back for another back-to-back episode this show with stories from Season 5 of the Black Jack Justice series – “The Devil You Know” and “Small Mercies” by Decoder Ring Theatre.  We’ll be playing these sleuthy stories as we lead up to the premiere of our newest MAT Features from 2017, coming up soon – and around that same time, the end of our submission deadline for this year’s Scriptwriting Competition.  It’s coming up fast!  Less thanRead More →

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Hello audio drama fans!  We have very little chatter in this episode – we heard your requests for more Black Jack Justice stories, so we’re treating you to more of Jack and Trixie in the new year.  This show clocks out just a few seconds shy of our full hour…which means you have a full 60 minutes chock full of these super sleuths to enjoy.  If you can’t get enough of this dynamic duo, or want to check out a certain tag-team of superheroes from Toronto, head over to Decoder Ring Theatre to check out both Black Jack Justice and The Red Panda Adventures.  TheseRead More →

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Hello audio drama fans!  This month, as the holidays approach we’re taking a look at the theme of “family”.  That’s in quotes, because most of our stories are very loosely based on the idea, and not necessarily the heartwarming tales you might expect.  Discovering family secrets, abandoned children and family members lost to the unknown surround our tales this month – perhaps as a reminder to appreciate the people we have in the present. This show we welcome back two familiar friends of the show – Decoder Ring Theatre and It’s All Been Done Radio Hour.  From a 2012 anthology series penned by Tim Prasil,Read More →

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And we’re back with more from the Summer Showcase – Decoder Ring Theatre‘s collection of original tales from outside their regular fare of Black Jack Justice and Red Panda Adventures. That’s not to say there still isn’t a mystery afoot! We kick things off with Matthew Steven’s “Shinkei” – one last gig, one last score in a “mildly dystopian” future. After that, a writer tries to find focus and solitude in a chilling story from Tim Prasil, entitled “The Crasher“. A dash of comedy, stirred up with a healthy dose of noir, mystery and suspense – don’t miss it!   Don’t Forget to Check Out:Read More →

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Hello again!  And thanks for joining us as we take another visit to Decoder Ring Theatre‘s Summer Showcase.  This time around, it’s a little bit of noir, some mystery and suspense – starting with a stop by Drake Finn Investigations.  In a technological future which a missing program that can change lives, and an investigator who’s lost his memory, how does Drake Finn start on a case he knows nothing about?  Once you’ve found out in “I.D.0“, stay tuned for a story by Tim Prasil, told around a Hollywood Bar about fame and fortune lost in “The Magic of the Movies“.  More Summer Showcase stories toRead More →

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Welcome back and thanks for tuning in for some more audio dramas!  This show we take another look at Decoder Ring Theatre‘s Summer Showcase series.  Decoder Ring has become so well known for the Red Panda Adventures and Black Jack Justice that sometimes the smaller, shorter series they’ve done fall through the cracks, and we want to make sure you hear some of them!  Take for example tonight’s dose of noir – in color!  It’s a fresh, quick new private investigator with a background setting pulled straight from the early 80’s.  Meet Slick Bracer – a man with a snappy attitude; a tough guy who caresRead More →

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Hello hello!  We’re finally back with a new set of series and shows to share with you.  If you missed it the previous show, we had a special broadcast-only episode of MAT, with an hour-long show of original works that premiered at past National Audio Theatre Festivals events. If you missed it, you can find the full NATF audio at prx.org. And we played those selections in part because the annual HEARNow Audio Fiction Festival drawing near. If you’re a listener or a producer of audio storytelling, the HEARNow Festival is a great event to celebrate the medium and reach out to fellow producers and listeners.  In fact, you mightRead More →

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Hello there, audio drama fans!  We had a lot to talk about this episode, so hang tight…. First things first – we mentioned last show that we’d be doing a double-feature premiere of our MAT Features from 2016. However, we changed our plans up a bit and figured we’d split the stories across two weeks – because next show will air just before our live auditions for this year’s MAT Features in Columbus, OH!  If you live in Columbus but can’t make it out for tryouts, not to worry – you can send in your audition by email through Sunday, March 12th.  Check out our audition pageRead More →

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Welcome back to another week of nifty noir!  Last week we had a double-dose Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, and they’re back again for more this show!  We hope these detective stories are keeping your ears entertained as we eagerly await the results from our 6th-Annual Scriptwriting Competition.  Our judges are hard at work reviewing every submission we received in order to have the winners announced on next week’s show, so be sure to tune in and good luck to everyone! And on that note, if you missed our script competition or are looking for more to try your hand at, the Marion Thauer Brown Audio DramaRead More →

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You’re probably looking at this and wondering, “Where’s Episode 226?”  Well, we’re holding off on posting it for now.  We aired a few more of our MAT Features along with a listen to one of our newest productions from our 2016 collection – but we’re planning on premiering the 2016 MAT Features as a whole in two weeks, so for now we’re keeping Ep 226 under wraps.  Thanks for understanding! Well folks, it’s official!  The MAT Scriptwriting Competition is now closed! A big thank you to everyone who sent in a submission – we got the highest number of applications this year than we ever,Read More →

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